Bingöl

Bingöl, formerly Çapakçur, city in eastern Turkey. It lies along the Göniksuyu River, a tributary of the Murat River.The city takes its name (bin, “thousand,” and göl, “lakes”) from numerous small lakes that dot the Bingöl Mountains to the northeast.

It is a market for grain, livestock, and livestock products of the area. The city is linked by main roads with Elâzığ to the east and Muş to the west. The surrounding area is drained by the Murat River and its tributaries and is largely mountainous. Croplands are scarce, and livestock raising is the main activity. Many of the people are Kurds. Pop. (2000) 68,876; (2013 est.) 98,424.

river, the major headstream of the Euphrates. In antiquity it was called Arsanias. The river rises north of Lake Van near Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for 449 miles (722 km) through a mountainous region to unite with the Karasu Çayı and form the Upper Euphrates...

kingdom of northern Mesopotamia that became the centre of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. It was located in what is now northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. A brief treatment of Assyria follows. For full treatment, see Mesopotamia, history of: The Rise of Assyria.